UK proposes 14-year prison terms for undersea cable sabotage

The British government is seeking to update a law from 1885 that deals with deliberate damage to undersea cables. Currently, the law carries a maximum fine and imprisonment term of £1,000 and five years. The proposed update would increase the maximum imprisonment term to 14 years for those found guilty of sabotaging undersea cables. This move is part of the government's response to hybrid threats. The existing law is the Submarine Telegraph Act 1885.